Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sān(ō)

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (immediately, soon, then), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, immediately, soon), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (soon).[1]

Adverb

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*sān(ō)[2]

  1. immediately

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ soon”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143:PWGmc *sānō